Thursday 15 May 2008

Kosovo Urges Calm in Macedonia

Kosovo’s government has urged ethnic Albanian parties in Macedonia to put aside their hostilities and work for stability, Balkan Insight reports.


“We urge the Albanian community in Macedonia to be rational, show maturity and contribute to the stability of their country,” the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hajredin Kuci said.
The government of Kosovo said it was concerned to hear about the ‘attempted murder’ of Ali Ahmeti, the leader of Democratic Union for Integration, DUI, whose party is in opposition to Menduh Thaci’s Democratic Party of Albanians, DPA, in Macedonia.


The start of Macedonia’s election campaign this weekend was marred by a spate of violent incidents between rival members of both parties. One person was killed, while several buildings including a party office was torched.


Macedonia’s Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that the police had arrested two men while the key suspect had turned himself in as they continued to probe the apparent attempt on Ahmeti’s life. Read more: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/10187/





“The Government of Kosovo considers any dispute between the political parties there must be solved through institutional ways,” Kuci said.
“Pristina is interested to have stability not only in Kosovo but also in other neighbouring countries,” he added.
Source: Balkan Insight

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